AC-driven transport through molecular wires

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 680, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-75

  Hänggi, Peter ^a   Kohler, Sigmund ^a   Lehmann, Jörg ^a   Strass, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33749039472     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31514-4_3     Document Type: Article

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